Doug Pugh Following Langley to Ashforth Pacific

PORTLAND-Doug Pugh is leaving behind his senior broker status at Cushman & Wakefield to help Scott Langley step up the operations of Ashforth Pacific, a locally based development, management and construction services company that manages close to 14 million sf of mostly class A office space. “After being here 21 years, it is time for a change,” Pugh tells GlobeSt.com,

Langley came over from Cushman & Wakefield last month to take over the president’s role from Hank Ashforth, who became CEO of the company. Pugh starts on Monday as vice president in charge of marketing, responsible for leasing of all existing properties and increasing the West Coast presence of its third-party property management and construction arms. He’ll also be on the acquisition team looking for new properties to acquire in Southern California and the Northwest, which Langley says is a top priority.

In some ways, Pugh is replacing Scott Weigel, who previously handled leasing for the company. In other ways, however, Pugh’s job is much more broad, says Langley. “The job was really recast,” Langley tells GlobeSt.com “The previous position was focused on portfolio leasing and the job going forward will add equal emphasis on the marketing of our construction services and third-party management operations.”